Comments | burntcopper: ...well, that was interesting

burntcopper

...well, that was interesting

Jan 23, 2009 00:25

Dinner tonight, dad asked me about what I thought about Obama. I squeed in a cautious kind of way about mostly it being hope, and he and I talked about presidents and america and also the way he speaks and delivers a speech (dad thinks of him as mostly resembling Sundanese rather than how he knew americans - he has a habit of attributing half my ( Read more... )

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cidercupcakes January 23 2009, 01:00:13 UTC

:D :D :D FEEL THE LOVE.

Or Rahm Emanuel will cut you.I just -- yes. One of his first moves as President was to announce plans to close Gitmo, and Rahm Emanuel sent out a memo halting work on putting into effect that horrific conscience clause Bush got through late last year, excusing doctors who didn't want to do their fucking jobs (eg perform abortions, prescribe birth control), and representatives have said flat-out that he intends to do away with "don't ask, don't tell" and I just ( ... )

dario006 January 23 2009, 03:24:27 UTC

He is a great speaker but I agree with your Dad that he doesn’t speak in the more natural way Clinton did. His speeches are more ‘powerful speeches’ than ‘friendly chats’ which is how a lot of the Clinton stuff came across. He is very sound-bite friendly and uses key phrases that hit home. Randomly he actually reminds me of Morgan Freeman playing the president in some old movie, and having that ‘movie written’ feel to the speeches ( ... )